Kyle Demeo Cook

The purpose of this study was to examine the enrollment patterns in Vermont's universal, mixed-delivery prekindergarten (preK) program and the child characteristics associated with the likelihood of being enrolled in different program types. This study describes the characteristics of children enrolled in universal preK programs in 2016/17, which was the first year of full implementation of universal preK in Vermont. Secondary data for 5,662 children enrolled in 282 preK programs were analyze...

These training materials include a PowerPoint presentation and handouts describing a landscape scan of research on the skills, structures, and supports that district and state leaders need to create a culture of data-driven decisionmaking. These training materials were originally presented to the REL Appalachia Cross-State Partnership on Using Data and Evidence to Facilitate Action as part of a process to refine their partnership research agenda and plan for future partnership activities. Spe...

This study examined how many public schools nationwide used kindergarten entry assessments (KEAs), and for what purposes; the characteristics of public schools that used KEAs; and whether the use of KEAs was correlated with student assessment scores in reading and mathematics in spring of the kindergarten year. Drawing on a nationally representative sample from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Class of 2010--11 (ECLS--K:2011), the study examined responses to an ECLS--K:201...

The Early Childhood Educator Survey and the Early Childhood Administrator Survey allow users to collect consistent data on the use of child assessments and learning standards in early childhood learning settings. Each survey includes modules on educator/administrator background information, assessment use, and learning standards implementation. The surveys and modules can be used either together or individually, and are part of a research agenda to improve early childhood programming and chil...